Cheryl Forbes of Forbes Realty Company said she has never sold a townhome in her entire real estate career.But she loves them and wants one when she retires.

Forbes said she's working with a number of customers coming to Wilson from Maryland and New York, and they all want single-family homes.Forbes said her customers are downsizing a lot of times, but because they are coming from larger cities they don't want a house that is connected to someone else's house.

She said they want small, single-family homes in subdivisions that are right outside of town but convenient to shopping and other amenities.